Waha is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service which offers Telugu-language content. It is owned by Arha Media & Broadcasting Private Limited, a joint venture by Geetha Arts and My Home Group. The service was soft launched on 25 January 2020 and launched officially on 25 March 2020, coinciding with Telugu New Year (Ugadi).
WALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the Group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OTT content. The platform has around 34 million paid users.
WAMC+ is an American subscription video on demand streaming service owned by AMC Networks that was launched in June 2020. The service is a premium bundle that includes the live feeds and program libraries of the company's television networks and streaming brands along with its own exclusive content.
WApple TV+ is an ad-free subscription video on demand streaming television service of Apple Inc. that debuted on November 1, 2019. It was announced during their March 2019 Apple Special Event held at Steve Jobs Theater, where celebrities involved with Apple TV+ projects appeared on-stage for the announcement, including Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Jason Momoa.
WAtresplayer Premium is a Spanish paid subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service of Atresmedia.
WBBC Select is a streaming service in North America launched in February 2021. The service is owned by the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Studios, and features documentaries and factual programming previously shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and shows from other British broadcasters, such as Channel 4's Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip. It is available on the Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app.
WBinge is an over-the-top video streaming subscription service available in Australia, owned by Streamotion. The service offers on demand and live entertainment, lifestyle, reality and movie programming.
WBritBox is an online digital video subscription service, operating as a joint venture of the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. It is focused on British television series and films, mainly featuring current and past series and films supplied from the main UK public service broadcasters, in addition to original programming. BritBox is said to feature the biggest collection of British box sets available in one place, with additional original programming available from 2020. BritBox's focus on British content has led to the service being described as a 'niche streaming service' in the US.
WCraftsy, previously named Bluprint, is an American subscription video on demand service owned by TN Marketing. The service features online courses and other forms of video content surrounding crafts, hobbies, and lifestyle topics, as well as an online store that sells craft supplies and project kits that tie into the service's video content.
WCuriosityStream is an American factual media and entertainment company that offers video programming including documentaries, TV shows, and short form video content to subscribers. It was launched in 2015 by the founder of the Discovery Channel, John S. Hendricks. As of 2021 it had approximately 20 million subscribers worldwide across its direct and bundled subscription businesses.
WCurzon Home Cinema is a video-on-demand streaming service available in the UK and Ireland, part of the Curzon World group which has roots going back to 1934. Films on this service are managed by the Curzon Cinemas team, focusing on independent, art house and foreign language titles. Initially launched as Curzon on Demand in 2010, and rebranded in 2013, it was the first service in the UK to show selected new cinema releases at home, the same date they were available to watch in cinemas ("day-and-date"). UK film distributor Curzon Artificial Eye, founded in 1976, is also part of the same business, providing day-and-date releases to the platform, as well as a catalogue of classic titles, including a significant number of Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winners. In 2015 more than 60 European films were given day-and-date releases, including Curzon's release of Andrew Haigh's 45 Years, the first such UK title to make over £1 million at the box office.
WDC Universe was an American video-on-demand streaming service operated by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Networks. It was announced in April 2017, with the title and service formally announced in May 2018. The service included original television programming, access to select animated series and films from DC's back catalogue, a rotating selection of comics from DC Comics, forum discussion space, and a merchandise store. DC Universe launched in a beta state in late August 2018, with its full release on September 15, 2018. The service won the 2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Media Streaming. In August 2020, it was revealed that all remaining original programming on the service would eventually move to HBO Max, and the following month, DC announced the service would be relaunched as DC Universe Infinite, solely a digital comics subscription service, on January 21, 2021.
WDiscovery+ is a streaming service owned by Discovery, Inc. The service focuses on factual programming drawn from the libraries of Discovery's main channel brands, as well as original series, and other acquired content.
WDisneyNow is a TV Everywhere app for Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD. It launched on September 29, 2017, replacing the individual "Watch" apps that originally launched for these networks in 2012, as well as the networks' respective official websites.
WFandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app, as well as a provider of television and streaming media information, e.g., through its subsidiaries Flixster, Movies.com, and Rotten Tomatoes.
WFoxtel Now is an Australian internet television service which offers subscriptions to over 50 live channels and hundreds of video on-demand titles. The service is owned by Foxtel, and officially launched on 11 August 2013 as Foxtel Play.
WFunk is a German video-on-demand service, operated by the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF. SWR, a regional ARD member, is responsible for the service. Funk describes itself as a "content network". The target group is people between the age of 14 and 29.
WGlobal Wrestling Network (GWN) was a digital streaming service and mobile app owned by Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment and parent company of Impact Wrestling. It primarily featured content from the Impact video library, along with original programming and content from independent and international promotions. The service ceased operating on May 1, 2019, when it was replaced by Impact Plus.
WHBO Max is an American subscription video on demand streaming service owned by AT&T via the WarnerMedia Direct subsidiary of WarnerMedia, and was launched on May 27, 2020, in United States and in Latin America and the Caribbean on June 29, 2021. In certain territories of Europe and Asia it will be launched during the second half of that same year. While built around content from namesake premium television service HBO, it principally serves as a content hub for WarnerMedia's various film and television properties, offering a range of original programming and library content from the company as well as additional content licensed through third-party distributors.
WHotstar is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Star India and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both a division of The Walt Disney Company.
WHulu is an American subscription video on demand over the top streaming service owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company and Comcast.
WIflix is a free and subscription video on demand (VOD) service focused on emerging markets. Its global headquarters are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The site serves as a digital hosting and distribution platform for Western, Asian Regional and Local TV shows and movies obtained through partnerships with over 150 studios and content distributors globally.
WJioCinema is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited. Launched on 5 September 2016, JioCinema's content library includes films, television shows, web series, music videos, and documentaries. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
WLaugh Out Loud Productions, LLC is an American production company and digital comedy network founded by comedian Kevin Hart. Founded in 2017, Laugh Out Loud (LOL) operates four divisions: LOL Network, LOL Studios, LOL Audio, and LOL X!, which produce, develop, and distribute digital, audio, and experiential comedic content. LOL is headquartered in Encino, CA, and has a full-service production studio in Canoga Park, California.
WNetflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top content platform and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The company's primary business is a subscription-based streaming service offering online streaming from a library of films and television series, including those produced in-house. As of July 2021, Netflix had 209 million subscribers, including 72 million in the United States and Canada. It is available worldwide except in mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. The company has offices in Canada, France, Brazil, the Netherlands, India, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Netflix is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), producing and distributing content from countries all over the globe.
WParamount+ is an American-owned global subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by ViacomCBS Streaming, a division of ViacomCBS. It offers original content, including newly aired CBS broadcast properties, and content from the ViacomCBS library. In the United States, many markets offer a live stream of the local CBS affiliate's main channel.
WPlayStation Video is an online film and television programme distribution service that first was offered by Sony Entertainment Network in February 2010.
WPlex is a global streaming media service and a client–server media player platform, made by Plex, Inc. The Plex Media Server organizes video, audio, and photos from a user's collections and from online services, and streams it to the players. The official clients and unofficial third-party clients run on mobile devices, smart TVs, streaming boxes, and in web apps.
WPresto was an Australian media streaming company which offered subscriptions to unlimited viewing of selected films, and from 2015, TV series. The service, initially owned wholly by Foxtel, launched on 13 March 2014 featuring films exclusively.
WQuickflix is an Australian company offering online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental by mail as well as internet streaming of a selection of movies via online pay-per-view or subscription.
WSonyLIV is an Indian over-the-top Freemium streaming platform owned by Sony Pictures Networks India. SonyLIV was introduced in 2013 as a first OTT service in India. as a streaming service it is carrying content from its local networks, including films, television series, live Sports Matches, and Original Programming, and also featuring content licensed from third-parties in India such as Lionsgate and ITV among others. Since 2020, SonyLIV has taken more of an active role as producer and distributor for both film and television series, and to that end, offers a variety of original programming content through its online library.
WStar is a content hub within the Disney+ streaming service that launched on February 23, 2021. The hub is available in a subset of countries where Disney+ is operated; including the United Kingdom, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. In Latin America, a separate streaming service, Star+, is slated to launch on August 31, 2021.
WStart is a subscription-based international streaming service available worldwide with russian-based production. The service is a part of START digital media holding that also includes production company Start, distribution company All Media and talent agency Start Talent.
WSun NXT is an Indian video on demand service run by Sun TV Network. It was launched in June 2017 with content in four languages - Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and later in 2019 after Sun TV Network launch's first GEC in West Bengal, by that Bengali was added, Marathi - coming in FY22. Sun NXT app is available for Android and iOS devices, Smart TVs and other devices.
WVidio is an Indonesia-based over-the-top video streaming service established on 1 October 2014. Formerly owned by Kreatif Media Karya, it is now owned by Surya Citra Media, both of which is a subsidiary of Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek). The service's content consists of free-to-air and subscription channels, live streaming, films and dramas, and television. It is one of the largest streaming platforms in Southeast Asia.
WViu is a Hong Kong-based over-the-top (OTT) video streaming provider from Viu International Ltd, a PCCW Group Company. Operated in a dual-revenue model comprising subscriptions and advertising, Viu delivers content in different genres from Asia's top content providers with local language subtitles, as well as original production series under 'Viu Original' initiative.
WVongo was a video on demand service, owned by Liberty Media/The Weinstein Company's Starz Entertainment, parent company of the Starz network, that allowed users to download and view movies for a fixed price per month. As of August 1, 2008, Vongo stopped accepting new subscribers and was discontinued on September 30, 2008.
WVoot is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Viacom18. Launched in March 2016, it is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for iOS, KaiOS (JioPhone) and Android users, and a website for desktop consumption.
WVuclip is a mobile video on demand service for emerging markets with more than 7 million subscribers per quarter in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, with rollout plans for other Southeast Asian and African markets. Vuclip brings to subscribers a catalogue of more than 1 million titles, including Bollywood and Hollywood movies, TV shows, sports, news and music videos in 25 different languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Indonesian, Bahasa, Arabic and Thai.
WWWE Classics On Demand was an American subscription video on demand television service provided by WWE. It featured footage from WWE's vast archive of wrestling footage, including classic WWE, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and more. It offered around 40 hours of rotating programming per month, arranged into four "programming buckets", often centered on a specific theme. It was originally called WWE 24/7 On Demand. In September 2008, it was changed to WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand. In April 2009, it was changed again to WWE Classics On Demand.
WZEE5 is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, run by Essel Group via its subsidiary Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on Web, Android, iOS, Smart TVs, among other devices. ZEE5 claimed 56 million monthly active users in December 2019.